Peoria man allegedly assaulted police officer

PEORIA — A South Peoria man was arrested at his home after a three-hour standoff with Peoria police after reportedly assaulting a police officer Sunday morning.

Police arrived at the 1500 block of South Folkers Avenue at about 9:20 a.m. on a call from a woman wanting to report an earlier assault. The suspect in that assault, James J. Stack, 55, of 1535 S. Folkers Ave., fled from police toward his residence on a bicycle. When a police officer caught up with Stack and grabbed him, Stack pushed the police officer and ran into his home, according to the police report.

Stack reportedly attempted to push the door closed with the officer’s arm and foot in the door. Once the officer was freed, Stack locked and barricaded the door and reportedly threatened to kill the officer if he entered the house.

Additional police arrived and set up a perimeter around the house as they attempted to talk Stack out of the house. At about 12:20 p.m., police began to ram down the front door. Stack then exited the house and was arrested for aggravated battery on a police officer, aggravate